CVE-2014-9761

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor
Suse
Status
Linux Enterprise Server
Linux Enterprise Debuginfo
Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit
Linux Enterprise Desktop
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 April 2016

Summary

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.23 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long argument to the (1) nan, (2) nanf, or (3) nanl function.

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce...
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1916
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT

CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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